- Cyril Despres was as high as 7th quickest from WP3 to WP4 and as low as 32nd quickest from WP8 to ASS. Starting 15th tomorrow, he will have some dust to deal with. The dunes are gone and we are moving into stony, dusty, dry track. Interestingly though, this is similar to the WP3 to WP4 section where Cyril was at his best.

- We have to go back to 2009 for a rally where Despres did not win one of the first 4 stages.

- Helder was pretty quick in the sector times towards the tail end of the stage and was quickest from WP8 to ASS by 30 seconds. Barreda dropped way off to 11th quickest.